Brush-handle attachment



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G. DAVENPORT. BRUSH HANDLE ATTAGHMBNT.

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PATE T GEORGE DAVENPORT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OFTWO-THIRDS TO CHARLES II. FORBES AND PETER II. RUTTER, OF SAME PLACE,AND IIENRY RUTTER AND \VILLIAM F. RUTTER, OF ATLANTIC CITY, NEWV JERSEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,854, dated March 3,1896.

Application filed April 1 9, 1 8 9 5.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE DAVENPORT,

a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Brush-IIandle Attachments, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification and accompan ying drawings.

My invention relates to brushes; and it consists of novel devices forattaching a brush to its handle whereby said brush can be supported atany desired angle relative thereto, means being also provided forreadily adjusting and locking said brush in the desired position, so asto enable the user to use the same upon surfaces and in placesordinarily difficult of access.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a sectional view of a brush embodying my inventionand a portion of a handle to which the same is applicable. Fig. 2represents a perspective view showing the back of said handle and aplate mounted thereon.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a brush-handle, the same havingits upper portion B beveled at an angle thereto.

C designates a stud which passes through the upper portion of thehandle, and has a shoulder or head D thereon, which contacts with aplate E, which is secured to the disk F in any suitable manner, saidplate E having attached to it the slotted ears G, in which is securedthe back head of the brush II by means of the bolt J, which passesthrough the slots of said ears and the body of said brush. The said diskhas a series of holes K in its periphery which are adapted to registerat intervals with the bent end L of the catch or spring M, which has oneend N fixed to said handle, while its other end is held in position andguided by means of the staple or similar device P. The said stud andbolt C and J are provided with thumb-nuts of the usual Serial No.546,295. (No model.)

construction, which can be readily manipulated, thehandle A beingprovided with a ledge Q, which serves as a bearing for the ad jacentthumb-screw.

The operation is as follows: Then it is desired to adjust the brushrelatively to the handle, the nose or end L of the spring is pressed intoward the handle, so as to be out of engagement with the holes in thedisk. The latter can then be readily rotated, and when it has reachedthe desired position or angle relative to the handle the end L of thecatch is allowed to spring into the hole adjacent thereto, and the brushwill be locked in position, the thumbnut on the stud C being thentightened.

It will of course be evident that a plate may be interposed between thebeveled end of the brush-handle A andthe disk F, if desired, and thatthe plate E may be attached to said disk in any convenient manner otherthan that shown Without departing from the spirit of my invention, and Ido not therefore desire to be limited in every instance to the exactconstruction I have herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what 7 5 I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A brush-handle having a beveled end, a disk, a plate with slottedears secured to said disk, a headed stud passing through said plate,disk and handle and having a nut thereon bearing against said handle,said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. A brush-handle having a beveled end, a disk having slotted earsconnected therewith, a headed bolt passing through said disk and handle,a nut on said bolt bearing against said handle, and means connected withsaid handle engaging said disk for holding the same in place, said partsbeing combined substantially as described.

3. The handle A having the beveled end B, the disk F, mounted thereonhaving holes therein, the plate E secured to said disk, ears attached tosaid plate, the stud C having a head D contacting with said plate, andthe spring or catch M having the end L adapted through said disk andhandle, a nut 011 said IO to engage a hole in said disk in combinationbolt bearing against said ledge and a spring with the brush having itshead fitted between secured to said handle adapted to engage in saidears and the bolt J passing through slots openings in said disk, saidparts being 00m- 5 in said ears and head, substantially as de-' binedsubstantially as described.

scribed. GEORGE DAVENPORT.

4. A brush-handle having a beveled end, lVitnesses: and a ledge on oneside, a disk having ears JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

connected therewith, a headed bolt passing E. II. FAIRBANKS.

